restaurant

== English == === Alternative forms === resto (clipping, slang) === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant, present participle of the verb restaurer, corresponding to Latin restaurans, restaurantis, present participle of restauro (“to restore”), from the name of the 'restorative' soup served in the first establishments. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒnt/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹɒ̃/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/, /ˈɹɛst(ə)ɹənt/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈrɛsˌʈɔ.rᵻnʈ/, /ˈrɛs.ʈ(ə.)rɔnʈ/, /ˈrɛs.ʈrɒ̃/ Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant Rhymes: -ɛstəɹɒnt, -ɛstɹɒnt, -ɛstəɹɒ̃, -ɛstɹɒ̃, -ɛstəɹənt, -ɛstɹənt === Noun === restaurant (plural restaurants) An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:restaurant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== restaurateur ==== Descendants ==== →? Japanese: レストラン → Malay: restoran ==== Translations ==== === See also === bar cook, chef drive-in fast food grill menu, Appendix:Menus slow food waiter m, waitress f, waitron == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === restourant === Etymology === From Dutch restaurant, from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛstʊə̯ˈrant/, /rɛstuˈrant/ === Noun === restaurant (plural restaurante or restaurants, diminutive restaurantjie) restaurant == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [rəs.təwˈɾan] IPA(key): (Balearic) [rəs.təwˈɾant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [res.tawˈɾant] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [res.tawˈɾan] Rhymes: -ant === Noun === restaurant m (plural restaurants) restaurant === Verb === restaurant gerund of restaurar == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʁɛsd̥oˈʁɑŋ] === Noun === restaurant c (singular definite restauranten, plural indefinite restauranter) restaurant == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛstoːˈrɑnt/, /rɛstuˈrɑnt/, /rɛstəˈrɑnt/ Hyphenation: res‧tau‧rant Rhymes: -ɑnt === Noun === restaurant n (plural restaurants or restauranten, diminutive restaurantje n) restaurant ==== Usage notes ==== Contrary to English, in Dutch this word is not used to refer to fast food establishments, which are instead referred to with terms such as snackbar (or non-generic terminology referring to the type of fast food served, such as dönerzaak, pizzeria, and so forth). In Belgium, the plural form restauranten is common and co-exists with the plural form restaurants. In the Netherlands, the plural form restauranten is rare. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: restaurant → Caribbean Hindustani: restoránt → Caribbean Javanese: rèstoran, lèstoran → Indonesian: restoran == French == === Etymology === From the present participle of restaurer. Corresponds to Latin restaurāns, restaurantem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɛs.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/ === Noun === restaurant m (plural restaurants) restaurant === Participle === restaurant present participle of restaurer ==== Related terms ==== restaurer restauration ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “restaurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === restaurant third-person plural present active indicative of restaurō == Norman == === Etymology === Either inherited from Old French or borrowed from French. === Noun === restaurant m (plural restaurants) restaurant == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛstʉˈrɑŋ/ === Noun === restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restauranter, definite plural restaurantene) a restaurant === References === “restaurant” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Noun === restaurant m (definite singular restauranten, indefinite plural restaurantar, definite plural restaurantane) a restaurant === References === “restaurant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French restaurant. === Pronunciation === === Noun === restaurant n (plural restaurante) restaurant ==== Declension ====